The Strange Truth Behind The 'Something Borrowed' Wedding Tradition

Something old, something new, something, borrowed, something blue.

We all know how the rhyme goes, but we always thought it was just that- a rhyme.

There are so many different wedding traditions that we've always assumed that they were just superstitious good luck charms.

You can imagine our shock when we learned that the 'something borrowed' line actually has a bizarre truth behind it.

According to Popsugar, this practice dates back to the 19th century, when brides borrowed something that would 'communicate fertility.'

You may be wondering how borrowing something could possibly communicate a bride's ability to conceive and the answer is that the choice of item to borrow was often a pair of 'undergarments' from a woman who had 'already blessed with children.'

Basically, by wearing a pair of a mother's underwear, their baby blessings may rub off onto the bride.